Animal-poke.



F. A. SCYHROEDER.

ANIMAL POKE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC.27| 1918.

Patented Apr. 15,1919.

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i eoees a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 15,1919.

' duplication filed December 27, 1918. serial No. 268,561.

To oZZ whom it may concern:

Be it-knov'vn that I FRANCE A. Souuoemaa, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sei'hert, in the county ofJKit Carson, and

State. of Colorado, have invented eertein ow and useful Improvements in Animal- Pokes, of which the followiitg is a specification.

This invention relates to. animal pokes, the object thereof being to rovide a simple and efiieie'nt device of this e eraoter' for preventing bi'eaeltiy cattle '0;- other .stoek from going through or over feuees. v

Another object is to so oonstruot such a device that slight pressure brought to bear eitliei'et the top or bottom oi'the poke will jeause 'proiigs to prod the animal suflipiently deep to insure it quickly Withdrawing its head and thereby prevent the forcing out of the staples or the loosening of the line wii"es.

With the fo i'egoing and other objects in .lv-iew, which will eppearas the description p pe-sects the luveutlon 1881d 3 in the combituition and ei raugeiueut of parts and in the details of construction hereinefter described and 'elaimed,' it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed may be made within the scope ofwhatis claimed without departing from the spirit o1 theinvem men,

' o 1 ii the accompanying drawmgsq- Figure 1 represents a perspeetive view ot as annual polite constructed in accordance with this invention shown in inoperative normal. position, and

Fig. 2 is e similar view showing the parts of the polio in the position which they as sumo when the animal attempts to force its heed through the fenee.

In the'embodimeiit a stang 1 is shown hauiu its lower end provided with a rightaugulerly sea forwardly disposed arm or finger which is designed when in position upon the meek or an animal to project forwardly so as to engage the fence line or other ob gect when the animal attempts to insert its head through the fence. The bar them which the stasog 1 is formed is swelled or hulged outwardly to form the lower portion or one-half of the heel; yoke 5, the other half of the lower portionpf the neck yoke being formed by e motel bar or -plate 4 loulg'ed in the opposite direction to the peri tie-e. 3.

- The bar" 1 is show Ii riveted to the 1 and hes a sletvvardly extending pgong 6 arranged about midway the l ehgth of the staug in suitable position to engage the neck of the animal when the stang is forced inwardly.

The other half or upper portion of the neck yoke is formed by the bar bulged outweirdly and pivotally connected atone end with the said bar 3, its upper end being extended to forma standard 8 which 'is provided at its terminal with a forwardly extendiug finger,.9 designed to be used for the same purpose as the finger 2; An outwardly bowed or bulged bar 10 is riveted at one end to the loweiior inner end of the standtherethi'ough of a rod 17 pivotally connected atone end as shown at 19 to the upper end of standardS with its other end sharpened to form a prong" 18 which is designed to be positioned above the neck of the animal so that when the member 8 is moved rearwardl'y this prong will stick into the animal and cause it to Withdraw its head. A coiled spring 20 is mounted on the rod '17 between the apertured cross bar 16 of the member 13 and the stop 21 carried by said rod and exerts its tension to normally force the standard 8 into upright normal position with the prong 18 retracted suflic'iently to be out of engagement with the neck of the animal when grazing, lying down, or performing its usual functions.

The yoke or U-shaped member 13 is also provided with a plurality of longitudinally spaced apertures 14- to provide for its adjustment to fit the necks of difi'erent sized animals and this member lies on and straddles the upper edge of the animals neck so as to properly position the prong 18 to adapt it to readily engage the animals neck when the uppoeportion of the yoke is forced back- Wardly. i

When the animal attempts to insert its head. through a "Wire 01* other fence, either the finger 2 or 9 or both will come in contact with some portion of the fence and cause the yoke members to bend at their pivotal connection and thus force the prongs the lower half, the prongs carried thereby are forced into the animals neck immediately, the forcing inward of the bottom prongof the yoke operates to alsoactuate" and engaged with said U-shaped member,

the upper half so that the animal is lad to withdraw its head to obtain relic from these stickers.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advanta es of the construction and gof the method 0 operation will be readily 2o apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains" and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, 'I desire to have it understood that thedevice shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made-as are within the scope of the claimed invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to se cure by Letters Patent, is

1. An animal poke comprising a yoke composed of upper and lower sections pivotally connected at their inner ends and carrying forwardly extending fingers at their terminals, a prong carried by the lower section, a U-shaped member pivotally connected at the "free ends of its legs with the inner terminals, a prong carried by the lower section, a U-shaped member pivotally connected at the free ends of its legs with the inner ends of the lower yoke section, and a spring retracted prong carried by the upper section said prong extending through said member and having a coiled spring arranged above it to normally retract it.

3. A n animal poke comprising a yoke composed of upper and lower sections PIV- otally connectedat their inner ends, the inner ends of the lower section projecting beyond those of the upper section, a rear- Wardly extending prong carried by the lower section, a U-shaped member pivotally con nected at its ends with the free ends of the lower section, the cross bar of said U- shaped member being apertured, a rod pivotally connected with the upper section extending through said cross bar with a prong in its free end, and a coiled spring mounted on said rod for normally retracting said prong.

In testimony in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCE A. SCI-IROEDER.

Witnesses:

CHARLES R. SMITH, J osnrn V. CooK.

whereof I afiix my signature 

